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Project Title:	Williamstown - New Water Treatment Plant
Project Number:	WX21081001	AWMPC:	NKADD
Funding Status:	Partially Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	12.02.2010
Project Status:	Constructed	Primary County:	Grant
Project Schedule:	Constructed	Planning Unit:	Grant
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY201203290343	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0410472 Williamstown Municipal Water Department	ADD WMC Contact:	Jeff Burt
Legal Applicant:	City of Williamstown
Entity Type:	Incorporated City

Narrative
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Impacts
ComponentsSustainable
Infrastructure
Audit

Project Title:
Williamstown - New Water Treatment Plant

Project Description:
This project will include improvements to the raw water intake and pumping facility, approximately 7300 lf of raw water transmission main and a 4.0 MGD water treatment plant. All new WTP components will be built in new locations to accommodate the proposed expansion in capacity. The expansion is needed based on increasing system demands and the construction of the Ark Encounter Park outside of Williamstown. In addition to increasing the treatment capacity at the WTP, the new facility will include enhancements over the current processes that will enable Williamstown to regularly meet federal finished water standards for disinfection by-products. These by-products have been problematic for Williamstown in the past. The project will include the following elements: Raw water intake and pumping station improvements 14” ductile iron raw water transmission main Chemical Storage and Feed Facility High rate flocculation/sedimentation through Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) Granular media filters Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) contactors for TOC reduction as well as taste and odor reduction Clearwell storage for finished water High service and backwash pumping facilities *Solids handling, dewatering and disposal facility

Need For Project: Briefly describe how this project promotes public health or achieves and/or maintains compliance with the Clean Water Act or Safe Drinking Water Act:
The City of Williamstown is addressing both capacity needs and water quality with the proposed project. The additional demand created by the Ark Encounter attraction along with those of a growing community are expected to surpass the available capacity in the near future. The water plant currently produces approximately 1.55 MGD (70% of plant capacity) on an average day and over 1.9 MGD (over 85% of plant capacity) on a max. demand day. The current plant has difficulty removing sufficient total organic carbon. As a result, Williamstown will struggle to meet the Stage 2 Disinfection By-products Rule which will be implemented in 2014. An enhancement to the existing treatment process will be needed in order to assure that the finished water remains compliant with federal standards. In addition, Williamstown has periodic taste and odor events from the turnover of their sourcewater. The current treatment process is unable to successfully address MIB and geosmin. The new treatment process enhancements that will be implemented (either MIEX or GAC contactors) will be capable of eliminating these secondary contaminants. The City has received a Notice of Violation (NOV) from KDOW for noncompliance with their solids handling and disposal system. This project includes new solid lagoons.

Project Alternatives:

Alternate A:

Note: If project includes the construction of a new treatment plant or upgrade to existing plant, please explain regionalization options here.

Upgrade/expand the existing municipal WTP.

Alternate B:

Connect and purchase water from Northern Kentucky Water District.

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Incorporated City
Entity Name:	City of Williamstown
PSC Group ID:	8806900
Office EMail:	vlink@wtownky.org
Web URL:
Office Phone:	859-824-3633	Fax:	859-824-6320

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	400 N Main St PO Box 147
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Williamstown , KY 41097

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Vivian Link	City Clerk	vlink@wtownky.org	859-824-3633
Authorized Official:	Mark Christopher	Mayor	mchristopher@wtownky.org	502-563-2325

Information Source:	Kentucky Department for Local Government
Date Last Modified:	05.17.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Bob Sturdivant
Title:	Hdr/Quest
Organization:	Hdr/Quest
EMail:	bob.sturdivant@hdrinc.com
Phone:	859-629-4826 Fax: 859-223-3150
Address Line 1:	2517 Sir Barton Way
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Lexington , KY 40509

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Brian C Gatewood
Title:	Sewer Superintendent
Organization:	City of Williamstown
EMail:	bgate@wkybb.net
Phone:	859-393-6846 Fax:
Address Line 1:	400 N Main St PO Box 147
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Williamstown , KY 41097

Project Engineer (PE) Information

This project requires a licensed Professional Engineer.

A Professional Engineer has been procured for this project.

Licensed Engineer Information

License Number:	PE 19651
PE Name:	Brent Alan Tippey
Firm Name:	HDR Engineering, Incorporated
Address Type:	Work
Address Line 1:	Hdr Engineering, Inc.
Address Line 2:	2517 Sir Barton Way
Address Line 3:
City, State Zip:	Lexington , KY 40509
License Status:	Current	Disciplinary Actions:	No
Issue Date:	02.21.1997	Expiration Date:	06.30.2024

Phone:	859∙223∙3755 Fax: 859∙223∙3150
EMail:	brent.tippey@hdrinc.com

Engineering Firm Information
Permit Number:	694
Firm Name:	HDR Engineering, Incorporated
Phone:	402∙399∙1387 Fax: 402∙399∙1339
Web URL:	http://www.hdrinc.com/
E-Mail:	liz.buell@hdrinc.com
Address Line 1:	1917 S. 67th Street
Address Line 2:	Attn: Legal
City, State Zip:	Omaha , NE 68106
Issue Date:	11.18.1993	Expir. Date:	12.31.2024
Permit Status	Current	Disciplinary Actions	No

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:	$20,000
Legal Expenses:	$10,000
Land, Appraisals, Easements:	$10,000
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:	$30,000
Engineering Fees - Design:	$708,800
Engineering Fees - Construction:	$177,200
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$439,000
Engineering Fees - Other:	$12,500
Construction:	$14,312,300
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:	$98,135
Contingencies:	$1,431,230
Total Project Cost:	$17,249,165

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Treatment:	$12,044,620
Transmission and Distribution:
Lead Remediation:
Source:	$2,267,680
Storage:
Purchase of Systems:
Restructuring:
Land Acquisition:
Non-Categorized :
Total Construction Cost:	$14,312,300

Total Sustainability Costs:	$1,805,000

Note:

Sustainability costs are included within other costs
reported in this tab. This breakout, when provided,
is for SRF review purposes.

Project Funding Sources

Total Project Cost:	$17,249,165
Total Committed Funding:	$15,749,165
Funding Gap:	$1,500,000	(Partially Funded)

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
Local			$2,000,000	Committed	12-01-2013
USDA RD Loan			$7,500,000	Committed	04-18-2014
KIA SRF Fund F Loan (DW)	F13-013	2013	$2,000,000	Committed	06-19-2013
KIA SRF Fund F Loan (DW)	F13-013	2014	$2,000,000	Committed	05-01-2014
KIA SRF Fund F Loan (DW)	F13-013	2015	$4,000,000	Bypassed	05-14-2014
KIA SRF Fund F Loan (DW)	F13-013	2016	$2,249,165	Committed	09-03-2015
Total Committed			$15,749,165

Funding Source Notes

Estimated Project Schedule

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:
Estimated Bid Date:	04.01.2015
Estimated Construction Start Date:	07.01.2015
Estimated Construction Completion Date:

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0410472

Williamstown Municipal Water Department

Checked box indicates primary system for this project.

Project Ranking by AWMPC:

Regional Ranking(s):
Planning Unit Ranking:
Total Points:

Plans and Specifications:

Plans and specs have been sent to DOW.

Plans and specs have been reviewed by DOW.

Plans and specs have been sent to PSC.

Plans and specs have been reviewed by PSC.

Economic Impacts
Jobs Created:
Jobs Retained:

MHI Basis:

Demographic Impacts (GIS Census Overlay)
Serviceable Demographic	Project Area	Included Systems	Included Utilities
Population:		4,653	4,653
Households:		1,979	1,979
MHI:		$63,166	*$63,166
MHI MOE:		$16,006	$16,006
MOE as Percent:		25%	25%
**NSRL:		0	0

Population and household counts are based on the 2020 Census DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) dataset.

Median Household Income (MHI) Source: American Community Survey 2018-2022 5 Yr Estimates (Table B19013 *(for the primary system operated by the above listed beneficiary utilities).

MHI MOE = Med HH Income Margin of Error.

** NSRL (Non-Standard Rate Levels):
  0 = Greater than or equal to Kentucky MHI (KMHI).
  1 = Between 80% KMHI and KMHI (exclusive).
  2 = Less than or equal to 80% KMHI.
  - KMHI = $60,183
  - 80% KMHI = $48,146

New Customers
New Residential Customers:
New Commercial Customers:
New Institutional Customers:
New Industrial Customers:

New or Improved Service
Service Demographic	Survey Based	Census Overlay*
To Unserved Households:
To Underserved Households:	1,900
To Total Households:	1,900
**Cost Per Household:	$9,079

*	GIS Census block overlay figures are estimates of population and households potentially served by systems and projects based on a proximity analysis of relevant service lines to census block boundaries published for the 2010 SF1 dataset.
**	Cost per household is based on surveyed household counts, not GIS overlay values.

Geographic Impacts
For Project Area

Counties

Grant

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 061	Savannah Maddox
Senate 17	Damon Thayer
Congressional 4	Thomas Massie

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0510010112	Grassy Creek-Licking River

Geographic Impacts
For Included System(s)

Counties

Grant

Pendleton

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 061	Savannah Maddox
House 078	Mark Hart
Senate 17	Damon Thayer
Senate 24	Shelley Funke Frommeyer
Congressional 4	Thomas Massie

DW Specific Impacts:

	This project relates to a public health emergency.
	This project will assist a non-compliant system to achieve compliance.
	This project will assist a compliant system to meet future requirements.
	This project will provide assistance not compliance related.
	This project is necessary to achieve full or partial compliance with a court order, agreed order, or a judicial or administrative consent decree.
	Primary system has not received any SDWA Notices of Violation within the previous state fiscal year (July through June).
	Primary system has had an action level exceedance (lead concentrations exceed an action level of 15 ppb in more than 10% of customer taps sampled) within the last compliance period.
	Primary system has received a lead trigger level exceedance (lead concentrations exceed a trigger level of 10 ppb in more than 10% of customer taps sampled) within the last compliance period.

Project Readiness LSL (Lead Inventory and Lead Service Line Replacement):

Lead Service Line Inventory:

A description of goals to be achieved and products to be created (e.g., electronic or GIS database; customer communication tools) when creating a lead service line inventory procedure, including a proposed timeline for achieving each goal.

Lead Service Line Replacement:

	A strategy for informing customers before a LSLR and a template for an agreement with the private property owner to replace the LSL.
	A process for documenting all property owners declining replacement of privately owned portion of LSL.
	A procedure for customers to flush service lines and premise plumbing of particulate lead.
	A proposed plan for conducting LSL replacement utilizing all requested funding.
	A funding strategy for conducting LSLRs utilizing all requested funding.

Project Inventory (Mapped Features):

Point Features:

DOW PermitID	Count	Feature Type	Purpose	Status	Existing Capacity	Proposed Capacity	Units
KY0410472	1	SURFACE SOURCE	NEW RAW WATER INTAKE	NEW			EA
KY0410472	1	WATER TREATMENT PLANT	RAW WATER PUMP	NEW
KY0410472	1	WATER TREATMENT PLANT	WATER TREAMENT PLANT	NEW		4.00	MGD
KY0410472	2	GENERATOR	GENERATOR - WATER TREATMENT PLANT	NEW			EA

Linear Features:

DOW Permit ID	Line Type	Purpose	Activity	Size (in.)	Material	Length (LF)
KY0410472	WATER LINE: RAW	TRANSMISSION	EXTENSION	14.00	DUCTILE IRON	6,351
					Total Length	6,351

Administrative Components:

The following administrative components are included in this project:

Planning

Design

Construction

Management

Audits on Record
Associated With Applicant

Audit Year	Entity Name	Entity Relationship
2023	Williamstown, City of	Parent
2022	Williamstown, City of	Parent
2021	Williamstown, City of	Parent
2020	Williamstown, City of	Parent

Regionalization Components:

Public Water Systems Eliminated:

This project includes the elimination of public water system(s) through merger or acquisition.

Water Treatment Plants Eliminated:

This project includes the elimination of water treatment plant(s).

Supplementation of Raw Water Supply:

This project includes supplementing the existing raw water supply.

Supplementation of Potable Water Supply:

This project includes supplementing the existing potable water supply.

Emergency Only Water Supply:

This project provides emergency only water supply.

Water Source Protection:

	This project will preventatively address PFAS or other emerging contaminants of the source water.
	This project will address current PFAS or other emerging contaminants of the source water.
	This project includes the rehabilitation of a dam or reservoir used primarily for drinking water.
	This project includes land acquisition for water source protection.

Water Treatment Components:

This project includes water treatment components.

Treatment Activities:

This project includes a new water treatment plant.

Proposed design capacity (MGD):

4.000

PFAS Detected.

New treatment plant preventatively addresses PFAS or other emerging contaminants.

New treatment plant addresses current PFAS or other emerging contaminants.

This project includes an expansion of an existing water treatment plant.

This project includes rehabilitation of an existing water treatment plant.

This project includes upgrades to an existing water treatment plant.

This project includes emergency power generators for treatment activities.

Number of units provided:

This project includes redundant treatment processes.

Explanation of how redundant treatment processes will be achieved:

Redundant treatment is planned to be included in the proposed Williamstown WTP.  For each treatment stage, redundancy will be achieved as follows:

•Clarification – Multiple trains (3) of dissolved air floatation will be included.  Each of these units will

This project includes replacement of existing raw water lines.

Treatment - Upgrades/Modifications:

This project includes infrastructure options to meet Cryptosporidium removal/inactivation requirements.

This project includes infrastructure options to meet CT inactivation requirements.

This project includes treatment modifications to meet the Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule at the water treatment plant.

Explanation of how disinfection treatment modifications will be achieved:

Williamstown has encountered periodic excursions from the Stage 1 Disinfectants/Disinfection By-products Rule which has put the City in violation. The City has struggled to achieve compliance particularly during late fall periods when their source(Lake Wil

This project will provide treatment modifications for VOCs, IOCs, SOC, or Radionuclides.

Explanation of how OC/Radionuclides treatment modifications will be achieved:

Dissolved air flotation is being incorporated as part of the treatment process.  This is a low intensity aeration process which can produce reduction in VOC, SOC and IOC levels, if present.

This project includes treatment modifications to address Secondary Contaminants.

Explanation of how Secondary Contaminants treatment modifications will be achieved:

Granular Activation Carbon (GAC) contactors are being included in this project.  The adsorption process is recognized as an effective technology for emerging contaminant and secondary contaminants.

Treatment process modifications preventatively addresses PFAS and other emerging contaminants.

Treatment process modifications addresses current PFAS and other emerging contaminants.

Security:

This project includes security components for water treatment facilities.

Water Distribution and Storage Components:

This project includes water distribution and/or storage components.

Water Line Extensions:

This project includes water line extension(s).

Length of extensions:

6,351 LF

This projects extends service to unserved rural areas.

Redundancy Components:

This project includes emergency power generators for distribution and/or storage activities.

This project includes redundant distribution and/or storage processes.

Finished Water Quality:

This project includes infrastructure to address inadequate water turnover and disinfection byproducts (DBPs).

Service Line Inventory:

This project includes implementation of a service line inventory.

Water Line Replacement:

This project replaces problem water lines (breaks, leaks, or restrictive flows due to age), water lines consisting of lead and/or asbestos-cement (AC), and/or inadequately sized water lines.
In-place or in-situ repair medhods will be used in lieu of water line replacement.
This project replaces lead service lines.

Water Loss in the Last 12 Months:

The system has experienced the following water loss over the past 12 months:

Water loss volume (MG):	56.187
Water loss percent:	10%

Water Storage and Pressure Components:

This project includes the construction of new water tank(s).

This project includes the replacement of existing water tank(s).

This project includes the rehabilitation of existing water tank(s).

This project includes the construction of new pump station(s).

This project includes the rehabilitation of existing pump station(s).

Security:

This project includes security components for water distribution infrastructure.

Green
InfrastructureWater
EfficiencyEnergy
EfficiencyEnvironmentally
InnovativeAsset
Management

Green Infrastructure:

Green stormwater infrastructure includes a wide array of practices at multiple scales that manage wet weather and that maintains and restores natural hydrology by infiltrating, evapotranspiring and harvesting and using stormwater. On a regional scale, green infrastructure is the preservation and restoration of natural landscape features, such as forests, floodplains, and wetlands, coupled with policies such as infill and redevelopment that reduce overall imperviousness in a watershed. On the local scale, green infrastructure consists of site and neighborhood-specific practices, such as:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Bioretention
Item 2:	Trees
Item 3:	Green Roofs
Item 4:	Permeable Pavement
Item 5:	Cisterns
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Water Efficiency:

The use of improved technologies and practices to deliver equal or better services with less water. Water efficiency encompasses conservation and reuse efforts, as well as water loss reduction and prevention, to protect water resources for the future. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Installing or retrofitting water efficient devices such as plumbing fixtures and appliances (toilets, showerheads, urinals).
Item 2:	Installing any type of water meter in previously unmetered areas (can include backflow prevention if in conjunction with meter replacement).
Item 3:	Replacing existing broken/malfunctioning water meters with AMR or smart meters, meters with leak detection, backflow prevention.
Item 4:	Retrofitting/adding AMR capabilities or leak equipment to existing meters.
Item 5:	Conducting water utility audits, leak detection studies, and water use efficiency baseline studies, which are reasonably expected to result in a capital project or in a reduction in demand to alleviate the need for additional capital investment.
Item 6:	Developing conservation plans/programs reasonable expected to result in a water conserving capital project or in a reduction in demand to alleviate the need for capital investment.
Item 7:	Recycling and water reuse projects that replace potable sources with non-potable sources (Gray water, condensate, and wastewater effluent reuse systems, extra treatment or distribution costs associated with water reuse).
Item 8:	Retrofit or replacement of existing landscape irrigation systems to more efficient landscape irrigation systems.
Item 9:	Water meter replacement with traditional water meters.*
Item 10:	Distribution pipe replacement or rehabilitation to reduce water loss and prevent water main breaks.*
Item 11:	Storage tank replacement/rehabilitation to reduce water loss.*
Item 12:	New water efficient landscape irrigation system, where there currently is not one.*
Item 13:	Implementation of incentive programs to conserve water such as rebates.
Item 14:	Installing WaterSense labeled products (https://www.epa.gov/watersense)
Item 15:	Projects that result from a water efficiency related assessments (such as water audits, leak detection studies, conservation plans, etc.) as long as the assessments adhered to the standard industry practices referenced above.
Item 16:	Distribution system leak detection equipment, portable or permanent.
Item 17:	Automatic flushing systems (portable or permanent).
Item 18:	Pressure reducing valves (PRVs).
Item 19:	Internal plant water reuse (such as backwash water recycling).
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Energy Efficiency:

Energy efficiency is the use of improved technologies and practices to reduce the energy consumption of water projects, use energy in a more efficient way, and/or produce/utilize renewable energy. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Renewable energy projects, which are part of a public health project, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and micro-hydroelectric that provides power to a utility.
Item 2:	Utility-owned or publicly-owned renewable energy projects.
Item 3:	Utility energy management planning, including energy assessments, energy audits, optimization studies, and sub-metering of individual processes to determine high energy use areas.
Item 4:	Energy efficient retrofits, upgrades, or new pumping systems and treatment processes (including variable frequency drives (VFDs).*
Item 5:	Pump refurbishment to optimize pump efficiency.*
Item 6:	Projects that result from an energy efficient related assessment.*
Item 7:	Projects that cost effectively eliminate pumps or pumping stations.*
Item 8:	Projects that achieve the remaining increments of energy efficiency in a system that is already very efficient.*
Item 9:	Upgrade of lighting to energy efficient sources.*	$105,000
Item 10:	Automated and remote control systems (SCADA) that achieve substantial energy savings.*
Total Cost:		$105,000

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

VFD's will be installed at the Raw Water Intake and high service pumps at WTP. Energy efficient lighting will be installed in the new WTP facilities. New SCADA will be installed at the Raw Water Intake and the WTP to optimze operations, prevent low efficiency pump conditions and save on energy costs.

Environmentally Innovative Projects:

Environmentally innovative projects include those that demonstrate new and/or innovative approaches to delivering services or managing water resources in a more sustainable way. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Total integrated water resources management planning, or other planning framework where project life cycle costs are minimized, which enables communities to adopt more efficient and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.
Item 2:	Plans to improve water quantity and quality associated with water system technical, financial, and managerial capacity.
Item 3:	Source water protection planning (delineation, monitoring, modeling).
Item 4:	Planning activities to prepare for adaptation to the long-term effects of climate change and/or extreme weather.
Item 5:	Utility sustainability plan consistent with EPA’s sustainability policy.
Item 6:	Greenhouse gas inventory or mitigation plan and submission of a GHG inventory to a registry as long as it is being done for an SRF eligible facility.
Item 7:	Construction of US Building Council LEED certified buildings, or renovation of an existing building.
Item 8:	Projects that significantly reduce or eliminate the use of chemicals in water treatment.*
Item 9:	Treatment technologies or approaches that significantly reduce the volume of residuals, minimize the generation of residuals, or lower the amount of chemicals in the residuals.*	$1,700,000
Item 10:	Trenchless or low impact construction technology.*
Item 11:	Using recycled materials or re-using materials on-site.*
Item 12:	Educational activities and demonstration projects for water or energy efficiency (such as rain gardens).*
Item 13:	Projects that achieve the goals/objectives of utility asset management plans*
Total Cost:		$1,700,000

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Plate settlers will be installed that will improve clarification and will reduse chemical use. The membrane filtration system will significantly reduce chemical use in the treatment process.

Asset Management:

If a category is selected, the applicant must provide supporting documentation in PDF format to substantiate claims.

Asset Management Components

Last Rate Adjustment Date:	08.01.2017 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	77

System’s monthly water bill, based on 4,000 gallons, as a percentage of MHI:

0.46%

The system has an Asset Management Plan (AMP).

The system(s) involved in this project have specifically allocated funds for the rehabilitation and replacement of aging and deteriorating infrastructure.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	12.14.2010
Profile Last Modified:	12.14.2023
General Info Last Modified:	12.14.2023
Narrative Last Modified:	10.14.2013
Admin Info Last Modified:	03.18.2013
Budget Info Last Modified:	10.14.2013
Impacts Info Last Modified:	10.14.2013
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	12.14.2010
GIS Last Modified:	01.21.2014

The profile is complete.